Vocabulary - Word Families
Choose the correct word for each definition:
The process of watching someone or something carefully, in order to find something out.
A) observe
B) observation
C) observer
B) observation
Choose the correct participle clause to replace the
words in bold:
When people in general look at it another way, microexpressions don't reveal everything a person is thinking.
A) Look at it
B) Looked at
C) Having looked at
B) Looked at
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word below:
I knew something wasn't right when I had a strange ______________ on the back of my neck. (sensation)
I knew something wasn't right when I had a strange SENSATION on the back of my neck.
Change it to passive:
You must complete the project by the end of the day.
The project must be completed by the end of the day.
Choose the correct word for each definition:
not difficult to do, or not need much work
A) ease
B) uneasy
C) easy
C) easy
Choose the correct participle clause to replace the
words in bold.
I was asked a question, I began to think about possible answers.
A) Having asked
B) Asking
C) Having been asked
C) Having been asked
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word below:
His new book aims to raise ____________ about synesthesia. (aware)
His new book aims to raise AWARENESS about synesthesia.
Change it to passive:
I like it when people ask me for advice.
I like being asked for advice.
Choose the correct word for each definition:
someone who studies how people's minds work and how this affects their behavior.
A) psychologist
B) psychology
C) psychological
A) psychologist
Choose the correct participle clause to replace the words in bold.
I read his book, I was excited to meet the psychologist in person.
A) Having read
B) Read
C) Having been read
A) Having read
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word below:
Thanks to her _____________ Marianne instantly knows if something is wrong with one of her children.(intuit)
Thanks to her INTUITION Marianne instantly knows if something is wrong with one of her children.
Change it to passive:
Our section of the crowd might start the Mexican wave.
The Mexican wave might be started by our section of the crowd.
Complete the sentence:
I could feel there was a lot of ______________
in the room, and it was hard not to be affected by it.
A) negative B) negativeness C) negativity
C) negativity
Choose the correct participle clause to replace the words in bold.
While we were in an emotional state, we said goodbye to each other.
A) Having felt emotional
B) Felt emotional
C) Feeling emotional
C) Feeling emotional
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word below:
There's a ________________ that women are more sensitive than men. (perceive)
There's a PERCEPTION that women are more sensitive than men.
Change it to passive:
Julia is afraid someone will fire her.
Julia is afraid of being fired.
Choose the correct word for each definition:
relating to the way someone behaves.
A) behave
B) behavior
C) behavioral
C) behavioral
Complete the sentence.
____________ I was in charge of the project, I selected the people I wanted on my team.
A)Telling B) Having told C) Having been told
C) Having been told
Complete the sentence with the correct word below:
I had a ____________there was something wrong, but I didn't know what it was.
A) Consciousness B) Sensation C) Gut feeling
I had a GUT FEELING there was something wrong, but I didn't know what it was.
Change it to passive:
I would like someone to give me a prize.
I would like to be given a prize.